Forum Archive Work | The Cannibal Cafe

The work is not affiliated with any university or museum. It is entirely grassroots. The core team—known among themselves as —includes a librarian from Berlin, a retired software engineer from Oregon, a comparative literature PhD dropout from Montréal, and an anonymous archivist who communicates only through PGP-encrypted email.

The Cannibal Café was an online forum where users shared stories, artwork, and fantasies regarding cannibalism. It functioned as an "UnderNet" for a highly stigmatized community to express deviant desires in a perceived safe space. the cannibal cafe forum archive work

: A significant portion of the discussions revolved around the sharing and discussion of graphic, violent, and illegal content. This included detailed descriptions and links to external sites hosting such material. The work is not affiliated with any university or museum

The work continues. As one Bone Sorter put it in a rare public statement: “We are not archivists. We are morticians of the digital soul. We don’t bring the Cafe back to life. We give it a dignified afterlife.” The Cannibal Café was an online forum where

Many of the most infamous interactions were entered into evidence during the Meiwes trial and can be found in detailed crime reporting or legal textbooks.

, providing a "time capsule" of discussions and interactions from late 2002. The Armin Meiwes Case